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BENGALURU: A 30-year-old man has alleged he was assaulted by a delivery executive recently in Judges Colony, Basaveshwaranagar.According to a complaint filed by Shashank S, a businessman, the accused is Vishnuvardhan, who was assigned to deliver groceries to his house.The complainant told police that on May 21, his wife and her sister — who was visiting the family — ordered a few groceries, including butter, pure ghee, and chips, that same afternoon through a grocery delivery app (Zepto). The delivery executive reached the house around 1.50pm.When Shashank’s sister-in-law went to collect the order at the gate, Vishnuvardhan got into an…

Hyderabad: Ruling that then Nalgonda collector C Narayana Reddyresorted to selective adoption of judgments that suited his thinking while implementing a court order, Justice T Madhavi Devi of Telangana high court issued a suo motu contempt notice to him.The IAS officer, now in Rangareddy, is facing this case for his previous action as district collector of Nalgonda.The case pertains to extending the benefit of minimum time scale of pay and annual grade increments to daily wage/ad-hoc workers in the rural development wing. The high court had earlier referred to the judgments cited by the workers’ counsel and directed the district…

Chennai: Residents of Ernavoor are raising alarms over the pollution of a local pond once a vital groundwater source due to untreated sewage and rampant trash dumping. The Residents’ Welfare Association has complained that effluents from nearby commercial and residential buildings flow into the pond via underground pipes, compounded by residents now discarding rubbish directly into the water body.The Ernavoor pond, owned by the railways, has suffered from a lack of maintenance for a long period. It saw a brief respite after a restoration effort by an NGO through a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. However, those efforts have gone…

Gujarat just completed the ultimate game of hide-and-seek with the jungle royals across 35,000 square kilometres, counting 891 of them in 358 locations. The census exercise gave us the estimated population of the world’s last remaining Asiatic lions through methodical planning and technological precision. But here’s what made it so complex — not only did teams have to locate lions across vast wilderness, they had to guarantee no lion was counted twice.The forest department’s lion census tradition dates back to 1963. The earliest counts were conducted using the pug mark method developed by K S ‘Bapa’ Dharmakumarsinhji, a Bhavnagar royal…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has come down heavily on the condition of Swarup Rani Nehru (SRN) Hospital, calling it a “mortuary” instead of a hospital.”Prayagraj is under the grip of medical mafias. Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital attached to Motilal Nehru Medical College is in a pathetic condition. The poor and helpless patients are being dragged by the touts posted by private medical mafias in the hospital to private medical set up and are not being treated in the hospitals attached to the medical college,” said Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal.The court took a serious note of the report submitted by…

In the industrial city of Rourkela, Purnima Mohanty is transforming lives through education. The 50-year-old founder of Ekta Foundation has been spearheading “Sunday Ka Pathsala”, a unique initiative that provides free education to 80 underprivileged children across three slum areas every Sunday.”Education can change lives. Our aim is not just to make them literate but to shape them into good human beings,” says Mohanty, who started the foundation in 2022. Every Sunday, from 4 pm to 6 pm, Mohanty and her team of 25 dedicated women volunteers fan out across Biswakarma basti, Tungri basti, and Gopaltola to conduct classes for…

A 24-year-old with ADHD, Varunkanth, was allegedly beaten to death by caretakers at a rehabilitation center near Pollachi after being admitted in February 2025. Police exhumed his body and arrested four individuals involved in the crime. COIMBATORE: Police on Saturday exhumed the body of the 24-year-old youth with ADHD who went missing from a rehabilitation centre near Pollachi and said he had been beaten to death by the caretakers.Four people have been arrested for the crime.”The youth behaved very aggressively at the home. The trustees and staff of the rehabilitation home beat him with sticks and plastic pipes on multiple…

Gurgaon: Even as southern India welcomes early monsoon showers, north India continues to reel under intense heat. On Saturday, Gurgaon and several other districts in Haryana witnessed sweltering conditions, with rising temperatures and oppressive humidity adding to residents’ discomfort.The city recorded a sharp spike in minimum temperature — from 26.6°C on Friday to 29.1°C — making the night unusually warm. Despite forecast thunderstorm activity, the day remained clear and sunny, further exacerbating the discomfort, particularly during peak afternoon hours. The maximum temperature rose marginally to 36.8°C from 36°C the previous day.With no immediate relief in sight, the IMD has issued…

Imphal: Following widespread condemnation by Manipur-based Tangkhul Naga organisations regarding the display of Meiteis’ seven-coloured flag (Salai Taret) and raising of slogans atop Shirui hill peak by members of Arambai Tenggol, the Meitei organisation on Saturday said that misleading content on social media had created unnecessary confusion.Arambai Tenggol issued a statement indicating that Tangkhul Naga apex student body Tankhul Katamnao Long (TKS) had been influenced by incorrect information distributed by the Facebook page ‘Manipur Stylish’. The controversy erupted after a photo went viral on Friday night, showing Arambai Tenggol members in traditional attire holding the Meiteis’ seven-coloured flag while raising…

Karwar: Deputy commissioner K Lakshmipriya directed the officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Public works department to submit a comprehensive report on the stability of all bridges in the national and state highway limits in the district.With the onset of the monsoon and the likelihood of heavy rainfall in July, DC stressed the need for a detailed report on the stability of all bridges as a precautionary measure for safe travel. She warned that the officials concerned would be held accountable in the event of any mishap.Instructions have already been given to the relevant highway…